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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/401",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions of the Courts Act 2003",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Courts Act 2003 come into force on 15th March 2004—\n(a) section 99 and Schedule 7 (High Court writs of execution);\n(b) in Schedule 8 (minor and consequential amendments)—\n(i) paragraph 5 (Sale of Farming Stock Act 1816);\n(ii) paragraph 9 (Judgments Act 1838);\n(iii) paragraph 61 except for sub-paragraph (3), paragraph 62 and the first amendment in paragraph 63 (Sheriffs Act 1887);\n(iv) paragraph 189 (Criminal Law Act 1977);\n(v) paragraph 264 (Supreme Court Act 1981);\n(vi) paragraphs 274 and 275 (County Courts Act 1984); and\n(vii) paragraphs 295 to 298 (Insolvency Act 1986);\n(c) in Schedule 10 (repeals)—\n(i) the repeal of sections 138, 138A and 138B of the Supreme Court Act 1981; and\n(ii) the repeal of section 99(4)(b) of the County Courts Act 1984; and\n(d) section 109(1) and (3) to the extent necessary for those amendments and repeals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1816 c. 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1838 c. 110."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1887 c. 55."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1977 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1981 c. 54."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1984 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1986 c. 45."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/401/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:32:42.719912+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}